Manufacturing Contracts in Northampton

Manufacturing
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Northampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 29 13
Rank change year-on-year -17 -16 +11
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 3 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northampton 1.05% 1.89% 6.80%
As % of the General category 1.44% 3.08% 13.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - - £580
25th Percentile £613 £475 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £700
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -28.57% +24.44%
75th Percentile £638 £525 -
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £600 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.75 - -
Median hourly rate £14.50 - -
75th Percentile £15.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £14.50 £48.48 £51.00
% change year-on-year -70.09% -4.95% +58.43%

All General Skills
Northampton

Manufacturing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Northampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 209 130 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton 73.08% 61.32% 50.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 105 38
10th Percentile £267 £342 £274
25th Percentile £350 £375 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £430 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% +7.50% -14.89%
75th Percentile £450 £525 £528
90th Percentile £500 £599 £646
Northamptonshire median daily rate £400 £443 £450
% change year-on-year -9.60% -1.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £16.81 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £21.39 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £21.39 £51.74 £51.00
% change year-on-year -58.66% +1.45% +45.71%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Northampton

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Northampton.

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Northampton

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northampton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Northampton.

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Northampton

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Apache Hive
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
1 1 (33.33%) Hadoop
1 1 (33.33%) HBase
1 1 (33.33%) Impala
General
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Scala Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Change Control
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Cutover Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) ETL
1 1 (33.33%) Logistics
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
1 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) HDFS
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Apple
1 1 (33.33%) Hitachi